kangaroo
nounAny of various large herbivorous marsupials of the family Macropodidae of Australia and adjacent islands, having short forelimbs, large hind limbs used for leaping, and a long tapered tail.
nounAn early form of ‘safety’ bicycle which had a large wheel in front and a small one in the rear, the forks being connected by a curved backbone, as in the ordinary ‘high’ bicycle, but with the saddle back of the large wheel.
nounplural In stock-exchange slang, West Australian mining shares.
To leap as a kangaroo, either literally or figuratively.
To hunt the kangaroo.
To whip with a kangaroo-skin whip-lash.
nounA large marsupial mammal of Australia, Macropus giganteus; by extension, any herbivorous and saltatorial marsupial of the family Macropodidæ (which see for technical characters).
nounA kind of chair.
nounAny one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family
the edible fruit of the Tasmanian plant